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Reviewer: Rennie Vul Signed [Report This]
Date: December 27 2024 10:34 AM Title: Chapter 1: The Anthill

The story jumps straight into the action and I cannot wait for what happens next.

Reviewer: Zaximus Signed [Report This]
Date: December 22 2024 4:31 AM Title: Chapter 1: The Anthill

This is an interesting story so far. You've caught my attention so I'll be looking out for this and hope to see it continue. You got a solid premise and setup so far. Make sure not to skimp on the descriptions! XD



Author's Response:

Thanks for the review! I'll do my best to maintain the momentum. 

Reviewer: tinyguy33 Signed [Report This]
Date: December 20 2024 9:47 PM Title: Chapter 1: The Anthill

Good stuff! I appreciate the edits you made, and I think you have a really good start here. The added description is good, and it's nice to have some more detail. I also like the additional feelings we get from inside her head, for more context to everything going on. If this were a first chapter to a larger story, I would probably expect a bit of a flashback to her recent past so we can hear more about who she is.

Everyone loves a good power trip but for some more depth to the story she needs a motivation. Some dreams and desires to latch onto now that she has abandoned her career, or perhaps you're illustrating the vapid and hollow culture of celebrity worship. In that case, some more characterization and motivation for the worshippers might be the ticket.

Making smut which also has an underlying message is hard to do! I think you've got the beginnings of a good one here, and it's worth exploring deeper rather than wider. Failing that, some good ol destruction is always a crowd-pleaser.

Keep it up!



Author's Response:

Thanks again, your input has been invaluable! I definitely intend to deepen Ava's motivations in the coming chapters, and the story will provide a more plausible explanation for the worshippers. Right now they may appear as one-dimensional fanatics, but there will be events upcoming that will shed more light on why they think the way they do about Ava and her status as a deity. Stay tuned!

Reviewer: jake123 Signed starstarstarstarhalf-star [Report This]
Date: December 20 2024 7:34 AM Title: Chapter 1: The Anthill

Nice start, hope that you would continue.One note, Sabrina is a better name than Ava



Author's Response: Thanks for reviewing! I'm sorry you don't care for the name change. I just wanted to distinguish her more as a character from any real-life influences. 

Reviewer: DoNotWant321 Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: December 20 2024 7:30 AM Title: Chapter 1: The Anthill

As someone who just began writing here myself, I have to say it's refreshing to see new talent continuing to take the leap of faith and make the transition from consumer to producer in this community. If you haven't already, edit your account's content preferences to be notified when your stories receive reviews and when your own reviews receive feedback. I'm giving this 5 stars because it's a solid start (and this website has huge review inflation), but it's not perfect and I want to go into depth with my review. I'll separate the sections with an extra space to make it more digestible.


Starting with the things you did well: First, you did a fantastic job of capturing the chaos of a giantess growing in an enclosed space. The writing is chaotic as it leaps between actions and that reflects the nature of the scene. You captured the giantess' mental state and trauma at the sudden development very well. She's not malevolent, but she unwittingly causes great destruction regardless. This trauma extends to the other characters, who react in their own ways. Some are protective, some are terrified, others still are stupefied. Little mini-scenes within the action are great and help paint a picture for readers. 

Along with the plot, your writing fundamentals are solid. You do a good job of keeping your verb tense and perspective consistent. There is a great variety of diction and it's not a chore to read through. This is the most important part of writing and you're nailing it.


Now for some critiques. These aren't necessarily things you did badly, but rather areas where there is room for improvement. After the initial growth sequence out of Madison Square Garden, things get a little messy. First, there is a bit of a missed opportunity to describe the scene of the destruction in detail and the impact this has on the character. Maybe she's frightened by her power. Maybe she's aroused. Maybe something else entirely. Maybe a mix of emotions. Powerful moments like that are great for characterization. Detailed imagery like that gives the character pause and provides a break from the action while also gratifying the audience with a mental picture.

Additionally, the size scales are a little wonky. Our first impression of the protagonist's size after she presumably stops growing (you should explicitly say whether the growth has stopped) is that her hands are "the size of telephone poles." This is not a good frame of reference for a few reasons. For one thing, telephone poles and hands are completely different shapes. It might be better to say her hands are "the length of telephone poles." Precise words for specific dimensions like "length," "width," and "height" help convey scale better.  "Size" is a perfectly suitable word for objects of similar shape or mass, like saying feet are "the size of cars," for example. Furthermore, you should pay close attention to the size of your characters and keep it consistent. The "giantess converter" tool under the "writing tools" section of this website is an imperfect but useful resource. Nobody can perfectly scrutinize the scale of giant women, but it will throw off your readers if your character is stepping on individual cars one moment, then buildings in the next. The scale doesn't really work. So pick a scale for your giantess and keep it consistent. Then also think about what she can realistically do at that size. Would she be talking to people? Would she even notice people? Your giantess can grow, shrink, and oscillate, but those changes should be conveyed clearly to the reader. Otherwise, it just looks like you can't keep track of your characters. Research your size, then research the size of other things as they appear in the story. People, vehicles, buildings, altitudes, planets, whatever.

Use your perspective to your advantage, too. You opted for an omniscient third-person narrator. That perspective has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. You can tell the audience things that the character doesn't know or explicitly say aloud. So far, you have primarily used this perspective to convey characters' thoughts, but this can be accomplished just as well (perhaps even better) in first person. The advantage of third-person narration is that you can tell the audience things that the characters don't know. It's up to you as an author how much you want to reveal. You don't have to tell us the giantess' exact height if you don't want to reveal it, but you have the option to do so. Additionally, you can tell us more of what other characters are thinking and what is happening in the world beyond the protagonist's own limited perception. Again, you don't have to, but I feel like you may be restraining yourself a bit.


Finally, this is just general advice based on your notes: plan out your story. It is totally fine to start a story with a single premise. But a lot of writers, particular gardener-style writers, just skip from premise to premise without thinking ahead. "Oh, my giantess is going to grow inside a building. Now she's going to do a vore scene with a train. Now she's going to swallow a plane." It's a trap. Weave your scenes together. If you're going to develop your character from a sweet girl to a monster, you need to plan ahead how that happens. Don't pull a Game of Thrones Season 8 and make your character just turn evil. Either she was always evil, and this is reflected by her thoughts and actions early on, or she has to be transformed into evil. I see you laying some groundwork already by mentioning some of her temptations, her fragile mental state, and her hunger. This is all solid. I will also remind you that your character doesn't have to become evil. She can be unwittingly destructive. She can battle her impulses and ultimately choose to remain good. She can have a slip-up and rebound back to the light side. It's your story, but plan accordingly. Planning also helps prevent plot holes. If your giantess falls in water early in the story, then gets a call on her phone later in the story, you should have an explanation as to why her phone still works. Planning out your story will allow you to create realistic character arcs, foreshadow future events intelligently, and most importantly of all: resolve your story. So many great stories on this website go unfinished because writers don't know how or when to end them. Don't join their ranks. 

This is a great piece of work with a lot of potential. With a writing outline of a few bullet points, I think it can be great. My criticisms were longer because I wanted to explain them, but you are already a fantastic writer and I could easily fill out many more paragraphs with the stuff you're already doing well. That's simply not as constructive, though. Good work and I hope you'll continue writing. 



Author's Response:

Thank you for such a thorough review and for your constructive words of encouragement! This is exactly the sort of feedback I was looking for and you delivered it in spades. It's nice to hear that there is a need for new blood on this writing scene. My biggest obstacle is completion, and I think getting responses like yours will keep my motivation flowing. I get into the mindset that I'm putting in all this work into an empty void but the response so far shows there is interest and people are engaging with it. Love to see it.

So, to get right into it, you made several excellent points and I think I may make a few edits here and there based on your suggestions and keep others in mind for the future as the story develops. I want to note for the record as well that "hands the size of telephone poles" was actually a mistake I missed in proofreading and it was actually her fingers I meant to compare to telephone poles, for what it's worth. Nonetheless, your suggestion to make use of the giantess converter tool (which I did not even know existed) is valid and I will be consulting that from now on to avoid any conflicting or unhelpful size comparisons and descriptors. Scale is tricky indeed and math is not my strong suit, so I think that'll serve the mental imagery of size well for readers. As for plot, I do have a rough story outline to draw upon but I agree with you that nailing that down early will help me avert any more rookie mistakes than are inevitable. Season 8 of Game of Thrones is a fate I wouldn't wish upon any writer, haha


Reviewer: ChatGTS Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: December 20 2024 4:16 AM Title: Chapter 1: The Anthill

I finished reading this with a mix of awe and unease, something that really speaks to the depth of your writing. The moment that hits hardest for me is when Ava's transformation first begins, and she’s struck by that moment of horror—her body growing beyond control while the stage crumbles beneath her. It’s a visceral blend of physical and emotional collapse, where you really feel the weight of her confusion and helplessness. That moment made me think about the overwhelming loss of control, how much it would feel like the whole world is breaking down around you as you simultaneously become something unrecognizable to yourself.

Another moment that stayed with me is Ava’s encounter with the worshippers. The group’s adoration, despite the chaos, caught me off guard. There’s something profoundly tragic about it. On one hand, they see her as divine, as a figure of awe, but she is desperately trying to deny it. It’s a raw juxtaposition of power and vulnerability, and the way Ava responds—feeling less like a goddess and more like a monster—was both heartbreaking and beautiful. This isn't just about her physical transformation, but about her emotional unraveling in front of a world that can no longer see her as she once was.

These moments spoke to me on a deep level. I think they capture the paradox of Size narratives—of gaining so much power while losing so much of what makes you human. It's haunting in the best possible way. Keep writing like this!



Author's Response:

Thanks for the review! Looking at your profile I'm not sure if this account is AI itself or just posts AI-generated stories but I figured I'd respond either way

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